Editor:
(Mufti) Mohammad Ali Falahi Imam & Khateeb of Masjid-E-Anisul Islam
Troy St Blackburn Lancashire
2) He was the most honest in His talk and the mildest in temper.
3) He was the most modest and the first one to cast His eye down.
4) He was the most merciful, generous, gentle and amiable to all people.
5) He was always in full control of His temper.
6) He was an accurate, unpretending straightforward speaker.
7) He spoke inclusively and decisively. It was not excessive nor was it short of meaning.
8) He was the most courageous. He witnessed awkward and difficult times but He was steadfast at them.
9) He had the simplest way of life. Ill-manners and indecency are two qualities alien to Him.
10) He would remain silent. This helped favourably in His habit of meditation and deep investigation into the truth.
11) He discarded superstitious practices and took an active part in constructive and useful dealings.
12) He used to visit the poor, the needy and entertain them.
13) Whoever served Him should be served by Him too.
14) He never contempted or disgraced a poor man for his poverty.
15) He forbade people to stand up at His presence as other people usually do for their kings.
16) He was always cheerful, pleasant tempered and lenient.
17) He was never rough or indecent.
18) He was neither a reproacher nor a praiser.
19) Three qualities he disposed of - hypocrisy, excessiveness and what was none of His concern.
20) He had stamina, endurance and forgiveness.
21) Righteousness was His target.
As
Muslims and followers of our Holy Prophet
,
let us make a sincere intention in this blessed month of Rabi-ul-Awwal
that we also will try our best to adopt and practice the perfect example
set by our Holy Prophet.
"Verily
you will meet your Lord and you will be held answerable for your actions."
"He who has any trust should restore it."
"Neither is the son responsible for the crime of his father, nor
is the father responsible for the crime of his son."
"Forbid from all the acts of paganism and I have made you aware of
all ignorant act"
"Interest is forbidden."
"O People! Fear Allah concerning women. Verily you have certain rights
over your women and your women have certain rights over you."
"O People listen and obey, though a mangled Abyssinian slave is your
amir."
"Verily I have left amongst you the Book of Allah and the Sunnah
of His Apostles which, if you holdfast, you will never go astray."
"And your slaves! See that you feed them with such food as you eat
yourselves, and clothe them with the clothes that you yourselves wear."
"All of you belong to one ancestry of Adam and Adam was created out
of clay. There is no superiority for an Arab over a non-Arab and for a
non-Arab over an Arab; nor a white over a black, nor for the black over
a white, except in piety."
At the end of His speech the Prophet
asked:
"O Lord! Have I conveyed Your message?" and the people answered
from all corners, "Indeed so! Allah be witness."
"Let him that his present convey this message unto him who is absent"
Today, we need to ponder
upon this Farewell Address of Our Prophet
and bring it into our lives.
THE
MERCIFUL PROPHET
Two rings of the helmet pierced His face when a non-believer
injured Him on His head. Another infidel threw a stone at Him which struck
Him in His face with the result that one of His front teeth was broken,
His lips were injured and He fell on His side. He wiped the blood running
down His face saying "How can those people prosper who have stained
their Prophet's face with blood while He is calling them towards Allah"
He prayed for them "O my Lord! Forgive my people for they do not
know."
Our
Prophet went through
so much for us, just imagine His feelings when the actions and doings
of the Ummah are presented to Him in His blessed grave.
U = Uprooter of evils. Exterminator of vices.
H = Helper of the strangers in need.
A = Absolute trust in God and devotion in His mission.
M = `Magnifying the Lord` the only mission which He had.
M = Model to the whole mankind.
E = Enhanced the status of women.
D = Dispelled the darkness of disbelief, ignorance and superstition.
THE START OF THE
JOURNEY: - On Monday the twenty ninth of Safar in the eleventh year
of Al-Hijra, the Prophet
had a headache. His temperature rose very high. His total number of sick
days were either 13 or 14.
THE LAST WEEK:
- The Prophet spent the
last week of His life in Aishah's(RA) room. During that period Aishah(RA)
used to recite Al-Muawwidhat (Surah Al-Falaq and Surah An-Naas) chapter
113 and 114 of the Quran and other supplications.
FIVE DAYS BEFORE
THE DEMISE: - On Wednesday, five days before He passed away, His temperature
rose so high signalling the severness of His illness. He fainted and suffered
from pain. When He felt better He entered the mosque, sat on the pulpit
and made a speech to the people. In which: -
1) He ordered the people not to make His tomb a worshipped idol.
2) He offered Himself and invited the people to repay any injuries He
might have inflicted on them.
3) He asked them to be kind to the Ansars.
FOUR DAYS BEFORE
HIS DEMISE: - On Thursday, four days before His demise, He recommended
three things: -
1) Jews, Christians and polytheists should be expelled out of Arabia.
2) Delegations should be honoured and entertained in a way similar to
the way He used to do.
3) As for the third the narrator said he had forgotten it. It could have
been adherence to the Holy Book and the Sunnah or it could have been the
performance of prayers and being attentive to slaves.
A DAY BEFORE HIS DEMISE: - On Sunday, a day before His demise, He set His slaves free, paid as charity the seven Dinars he owned and gave His weapons as a present to the Muslims.
THE LAST HOURS: - While the Muslims were performing the dawn prayer on Monday, the Messenger of Allah raised the curtain of Aishah's(RA) room and looked at the people while they were praying. The Messenger of Allah did not live for the next prayer time. He disclosed to Fatima(RA) that He would not recover from this illness and she would be the first of His family to join Him. He ordered the people to perform the prayers and be attentive to slaves.
THE PROPHET
DEPARTS: - When the pangs of death started He brushed His teeth. There
was a water container available at His hand with some water in. He put
His hand in it and wiped His face with it and recited the kalimah:
